Dear THE GIRL OF INK & STARS THE CARTOGRAPHER’S DAUGHTER,
Today you come out across the pond. I am sorry I’m not there to take selfies with you in bookshops, or hover near displays to see if you’re on tables, or go into libraries and request you in funny voices as if the librarian knows what I sound like.
I’m relying on my friends and family to do these things for me, and the fact you are already down to two copies on Amazon.com (other retailers available*) gives me assurance that they have been preordering as frantically as my UK-based family did.
Happy birthday, dear thing. I hope to see you in the wild soon, and that you have a wonderful start to your adventures Stateside.
Kiran x